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Caring for your hard disk drive
Follow these precautions to protect your hard disk drive from
damage and to avoid losing data:
Never turn off or reset the computer when the hard disk
access light is on. This light indicates that the computer
is copying data to or from the hard disk. If you interrupt
this process, you can lose data.
Never attempt to open the hard disk drive. The disk itself
is enclosed in a sealed container to protect it from dust.
Before you move your computer even a short distance,
you may need to run the HDSIT program to prepare the
hard disk for moving, as described below.
Preparing the hard disk for moving
If you need to move your computer to a new location, you
may want to run the HDSIT program-provided on your
Reference diskette-to protect the hard disk during the move.
HDSIT moves (or
parks)
the disk drive’s read/write heads to a
region on the disk surface that does not contain data, and
locks them securely in position. This protects the hard disk
from being damaged if the computer is bumped accidentally.
Many hard disk drives, induding all Epson drives,
automatically park their heads when you turn off the
computer. If your hard disk drive does not do this, or if you
are not sure that it does, be sure to run HDSIT.
Follow these steps to run HDSIT:
1.
Insert the Reference diskette in drive A. Then type
A
: and
press
Enter
to log onto that drive.
2.
Type the following and press
Enter:
HDSIT
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